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June 29, 2012
Ashton Jojo, an 11-year-old girl from New York, died Wednesday while visiting a Florida resort with her family. The medical examiner says her cause of death was electrocution.
Ashton was mini golfing with her family, and had waded into a pond on the course to retrieve her ball. Another guest heard her scream and attempted to help, but was injured while doing so.
Ashton was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The Orange Lake Resort in Kissimmee, where the incident happened, at this time do not know how the water became electrified. The mini golf facility is...
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June 21, 2012
Ask any pregnant woman about the cardinal rule of pregnancy and her answer will likely be "no alcohol." For good reason too- alcohol during pregnancy can cause a host of problems, including miscarriage, stillbirth, and fetal alcohol syndrome.
A new study out of Denmark, however, is now saying that moderate drinking has no effect on young children and is actually ok.
The study analyzed 1,600 women's alcohol consumption over the course of their pregnancy. The groups included women who didn't drink (zero drinks a week), low drinkers (1 to 4 drinks a week), moderate drinkers (5...
June 13, 2012
If you are a celebrity gossip fiend like me (call it a guilty pleasure!), I'm sure you've heard by now that Miley Cyrus is engaged to her boyfriend of 4-ish years Liam Hemsworth.
I say 4-ish years because the duo met and started dating in 2009 after meeting on the set of the movie The Last Song (I haven't seen the movie***, but apparently sparks flew between the two on set.).
***Ok fine. Yes I have. But who wants to admit that?
Anyway, they broke up briefly in 2010, obviously having worked out their differences.
Engagement rumors started circulating in March when Cyrus was spotted...
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